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The state of professional practice and policy in the English further education system: a view from below

Denis GleesonFaculty of Education, Centre for Research and Development in Lifelong Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, UKView further author information
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Julie HughesFaculty of Education, Centre for Research and Development in Lifelong Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, UKView further author information
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Matt O’LearyFaculty of Education, Centre for Research and Development in Lifelong Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rob SmithFaculty of Education, Centre for Research and Development in Lifelong Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, UKView further author information
Pages 78-95 | Received 22 May 2014, Accepted 21 Aug 2014, Published online: 18 Feb 2015

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Andy Goldhawk & Richard Waller. (2023) Voices from the deck: lecturers’ and middle managers’ perceptions of effective FE sector professional development. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 28:3, pages 485-504.
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Diane Dalby & Andrew Noyes. (2022) Developing the mathematics teacher workforce in England’s FE colleges: towards a ‘communities of practice’ strategy. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 27:3, pages 413-435.
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Richard Poole. (2022) Perceptions of performativity in English Further Education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 27:1, pages 148-172.
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Hannes Hautz & Michael Thoma. (2021) Teacher subjectivation in the quality dispositive: the example of VET in Austria. British Journal of Sociology of Education 42:5-6, pages 792-811.
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Susan James Relly. (2021) Moving from competence to excellence: the role of training managers in providing pedagogical leadership in UK further education. Journal of Further and Higher Education 45:5, pages 704-716.
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Robin Simmons. (2020) ‘It wasn’t the Wilt experience’ (at least for some): vocational students’ historical experiences of liberal studies. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 25:1, pages 91-109.
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Carol Thompson & Peter Wolstencroft. (2018) Trust into mistrust: the uncertain marriage between public and private sector practice for middle managers in education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 23:2, pages 213-230.
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Ron Thompson. (2017) Opportunity structures and educational marginality: the post-16 transitions of young people outside education and employment. Oxford Review of Education 43:6, pages 749-766.
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Ron Thompson & Lisa Russell. (2017) Trainee teachers in unpaid teaching posts: volunteering, risk and vulnerability. Journal of Vocational Education & Training 69:4, pages 637-654.
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Iona Burnell. (2017) Teaching and learning in further education: The Ofsted factor. Journal of Further and Higher Education 41:2, pages 227-237.
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Anthony Thorpe & Eila Burns. (2016) Managers’ and teachers’ perspectives of dyslexic teachers in the English and Finnish Further Education workforce: new insights from organisational routines. Oxford Review of Education 42:2, pages 200-213.
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Jim Crawley. (2015) Growing connections – the connected professional. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 20:4, pages 476-498.
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Zahid NazZahid Naz. 2023. Politics of Quality Improvement in English Further Education. Politics of Quality Improvement in English Further Education 19 58 .
Howard Scott, Julie Wilde & Pete Bennett. 2022. Teacher Educators in Vocational and Further Education. Teacher Educators in Vocational and Further Education 29 43 .
Carol Azumah Dennis, Octavia Springbett & Lizzie Walker. (2020) Further education college leaders: Securing the sector’s future. Futures 115, pages 102478.
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John Keenan. 2020. College Based Higher Education and its Identities. College Based Higher Education and its Identities 23 41 .
Martin Braun. (2018) A pilot study investigating further education engineering lecturers’ readiness for the shift in Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) assessment. Research in Education 105:1, pages 42-59.
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Peter Wolstencroft & Catherine Lloyd. (2019) Process to practice: The evolving role of the academic middle manager in English further education colleges. Management in Education 33:3, pages 118-125.
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Andrew Boocock. (2017) Meeting the needs of local communities and businesses: From transactional to eco-leadership in the English further education sector. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 47:3, pages 349-368.
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Ron Hill, Chris James & Colin Forrest. (2016) The challenges facing further education college governors in England. Management in Education 30:2, pages 79-85.
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